Yes, well, as i've stated in my Bruges' entry, Oostende was rather an anti-climax.... here i was, thinking i'd head to a 'lovely' Belgian beach.... only to arrive and find that it's basically a construction site, as they are trying to revamp the whole ...

Here are some pictures of our day trip to Ostende. This is a fairly busy town on the North Sea, about an hour and ten minutes away from Brussels. It had a great beach but no swimming for us, the temperature was around 62 degrees with 20 mph winds! It was ...

I don't remember ever having been more ready for anything in my life. My feet itch, my mind itches, my heart itches. I need to go, I need to fly out, see the world! Live every day as a new day, breathe every breath as a new breath, feel every ...

We have been taking advantage of the very inexpensive 'Kust' tram to visit the numerous coastal towns along Belgium's seaside. The tram line is 84 kms long and goes from DePanne near the French border to Knokke near the Netherlands border. The seaside is ...

September 27
On Wednesday the belgian children only have half a day of school, Sarah decided to not send them for the morning so that by end of the morning we could all be ready to go to the sea-side after a more lazy waking up.
We drove there with ...

Ostend, Belguim was a quick 2 night stopover on our way to Amsterdam. It had a huge beach and a large esplanade with some cool orange art features. It was empty of people and would be one of those places that come alive in ...

... they are fun. They say they are going to show me the club scene in Ghent which is supposed to be the best in Belgium! I've only driven through Ghent and it looked awesome.....lots of history there!
The camps were a lot of fun and some ...

... a few hard stares at children who ventured into our path we emerged unscathed. In the distance we saw what lloked like a Belgium version of stone henge albeit a rather bright orange. Wandering through it it was more like a giant's collection of discarded ...

... the river and out the other side and found a café to get a coffee, still haven't had a decent one in Europe. Onto Belgium Antwerpen, then onto Gent where we had some lunch. It was very busy in the main towncentre and full of cafes and people, as ...

We stoped at a parking next to another RV. It was getting dark burt we've decided to go to the beach wich supposed to be across the street and through the bushes. We took our flashlight and went into the trees. We saw a group of people heading left but ...

The trusty Lonely Planet guidebook advises not to judge Belgium in an hour, which is exactly what I did when I decided I hated the place five years ago. Today was an opportunity to give it a chance.
Bright sunshine greeted us directly ...

As our stay in Brugge came to it's end, Steve and I (not to mention our host as well) caught a bad cold. So, we decided to rent a hotel room in a harbor town called Oostende for a few days to rest before continuing our expeditions. In the 3 days we ...